Welcome

The Commission
on Public Access to Court Records was established by then-Chief Judge Kaye in 2002, to examine
the sometimes competing interests of privacy and open
access to information in court case files.

The commission was chaired by Floyd
Abrams, a member of the New York City Law Firm of Cahill,
Gordon & Reindel, and issued its report in February, 2004. The court system's policies on public access to court records reflect the recommendations of the Commission.